Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17727, Samuel Downe, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Downe, Samuel Eunice
N 17727
CONTENTS

No 4093-
Vermont.
Eunice Downe, deceased, widow of Samuel Downe - Mass who died on the 8th January, 1830 of Windsor (in the State of Vermont) who was a private - in the company - commanded by Captain Fuller of the - commanded by - in the Massachusetts line for 8 Months -
Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier at the rate of 26 - Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Having 29 November, 1841, when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of October 1844 and sent to Saml. F Dutton, Causandish Windsor C.O. Vt. -
Arrears to the 4th of Pemi=annual allowance ending
$282.68-
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by Fullerton Book c Vol. 1 - Page 39 .
To be paid to Joseph Adams Adm of Tho. Downe, decd. only child -
Rept: by letter to Pen.
apt - 12th Oct. 1844
Rel to John Phelps Pulnam Esq.
Decr 20. 47 1888 Aug 27 E.S. Steam History Press

Declarations.
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4th July, 1836.
9710
H. H. Foster, H. L.
State of Vermont District & County of Windsor -
On this thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, personally appeared before the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor aforesaid (County of Windsor aforesaid), at Cavendish, in said District & County, Eunice Downe, a resident of Cavendish, in the County of Windsor, and state of Vermont, aged eighty six years the seventeenth day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty six, who, being first duly sworn, to law, doth, on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4, 1836: That she is the widow of Samuel Downe, late of said Cavendish, deceased, who was a private in the War of the Revolution - that she resided with her husband the said Samuel Downe at Fitchburg, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at and for several years previous to the Battle of Lexington and Concord April A.D. Seventeen hundred and seventy five (1775) - that for some months previous to said Battle her husband had stood as a minute man in Capt. Thurnell, or Capt. Thurlow's (I cannot certainly remember whether his captain's name was Thurnell or Thurlow - I think they called him Thurnell) Company in said Fitchburg - that one morning a man came to her house and asked where her said husband was - she told him that her husband was to work for Jonathan Bryant, hewing the timber for a barn - the man said her husband must turn out to meet the British - they sent after her husband and he came home immediately - his gun and equipments were all ready, and he started right off, and went with his Company, as I understood and have often heard him say, to Cambridge, Mass - he soon afterwards enlisted for eight months and served that time out in Cambridge and in that neighborhood - I have no recollection of his coming home but once during the eight months - he had a furlough and came home and staid a short time - not but a few days - he was at the Battle of Bunker Hill and the burning of Charleston - I have often heard my said Husband tell of his being engaged in the Battle of Bunker Hill - I cannot recollect the names of my husband's officers, except his Colonel's name - his Colonel was Prescott of Groton - my husband returned from his eight months service late in the fall of 1775 or the early part of the winter after - this Declarant does not recollect certainly the day of the month her husband left home, as she has stated above, but thinks it was on the day the British came up to Lexington & Concord. Some time after her said husband came home from his eight months service, about a year and a half as near as this Declarant can now recollect, but as to the precise time she will not undertake to state certainly, she furthermore declares that her said husband enlisted again, went into the service, and was gone from home, according to her best recollection, three months - this last mentioned term she will recollect he served as the waiter of Capt. Jonathan Wood, of said Fitchburg - during this last term of service he was at the taking of Burgoyne - she has often heard her said Husband speak of his being at the taking of Burgoyne - she has heard him talk a great deal about his being out in the service, but she does not remember well enough to undertake to state particulars - This declarant further states that her said husband, according to her best recollection, was out, at least, one other time in the service besides the two terms of service she has

mentioned - during this third term she thinks her husband went to Crown-Point and Ticonderoga - she is confident her husband went to these places during the War as a soldier, but at what particular period, and how long he served there, she cannot state with certainty - but thinks it was at least three months, and she believes it was longer than three months - this Declarant knows that her said husband was a soldier in the War of the Revolution - she is certain that he served eight months in the commencement of the War as she has already stated - she is certain too, that he was at the taking of Burgoyne - also, that he served at Crown-Point and Ticonderoga - but the particulars and the precise length of these last terms of service she remembers too indistinctly to undertake to state with great certainty - of this, however, she feels the most perfect confidence, and to this she does not hesitate to swear, that her said husband served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution considerably more than one full year in the whole - she well remembers that a Mr John Priest and family lived with her one  year when her said husband was in the war, and a Mr Mordecai Moore another season when her husband was in the war - she further says, that her husband once had hopes in his possession, in relation to his serving in the army, but that they have lately looked for them, and cannot find them -
And this Declarant further says and declares, that she was married to the said Samuel Dorne, on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy one (Jan'y 1 st A.D. 1871) at said Fitchburg by the Reverend John Payson the settled minister of that town - that at the time her husband first went into the service she had two small children - that from the day of her marriage, the first day of January A.D. one thousand seven hundred and seventy one, until he went into the service, her husband and self resided in said Fitchburg - that her husband, the aforesaid Samuel Dorne, died at said Cavendish, on the eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, aged eighty five years at the time of his decease - that she the said Declarant, has remained a widow ever since the said period of her husband's death hitherto, and that she is now sole and unmarried, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
her Eunice Dorne mark
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Eunice Dorne on this thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, seven aforesaid. - Before me, THOMAS H. HAMMOND, Judge of Probate for said District of Windsor.
I, Eliphalet Kimball, of Cavendish, in the County of Windsor, and state of Vermont, aged seventy two years the twenty second day of July A.D. 1837, depose and say that I was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, in the year seventeen hundred and sixty five and continued to reside there with my parents till I was twenty years old - that I well knew Samuel Dorne and Eunice Dorne, wife of the said Samuel, now his widow, who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration - that they resided in said Fitchburg within a mile and a half of my father's from the time of my birth until I left Fitchburg - I well recollect that the said Samuel Dorne was absent from his family in the commencement of the Revolutionary war and that it was generally reported and understood in our neighborhood, that he was in the army - there were several soldiers from Fitchburg in the army, and I perfectly remember seeing some of them at home and hearing them say that the said Samuel Dorne was in the army at Cambridge Mass - this was the summer and fall after the Battle of Concord and Lexington - the said Samuel was in the service at this time, till late in the fall or the first of the winter - I know he was gone from home the whole season - after

this, I should think, sometime in the season of seventeen hundred and seven seven, the said Samuel Downe went into the army again with my brother Levi Kimball of said Fitchburgh - the said Samuel Downe and my said Brother belonged to the same Company commanded by Capt. Jonathan Wood - my said Brother was a Drummer, and the said Samuel, as I understood, was Capt. Wood's waiter - they, the said Saml & my brother, were gone as long as three months - I don't recollect exactly when they went away, but I know they came home about Thanksgiving time in the fall - I have heard my brother Levi say, that they were at the taking of Burgoyne, and I fully believe he and the said Samuel were there together - It was generally understood and believed by the said Samuel Downe's acquaintances, that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and I have no doubt that was the fact - I have resided in said Cavendish more than forty years, and the said Samuel Downe more into the same town more than twenty years ago - the said Samuel died in said Cavendish seven or eight years ago - I further more depose and say, that the said Samuel Downe & the said Eunice Downe, who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration, lived together as husband & wife in said Fitchburgh before the war broke out and before the said Samuel went into the service - indeed, they, the said Samuel & Eunice lived together as husband & wife all the time I knew them in said Fitchburgh, & from that time up to the time the said Samuel died - and they have always been reputed and believed to be husband and wife by all their neighbours and acquaintances - I have never heard any one question the validity of their marriage - I furthermore depose and say that John Payson was the settled minister in said Fitchburgh from the time of my birth until I left that town - I, the said Elizabeth Kimball, further depose & say that the said Eunice Downe has ever remained the widow of the said Samuel since his decease, and that she still remains sole & unmarried.
Elizabeth Kimball
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Elizabeth Kimball on this thirteenth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
Before me,
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate for said District of Windsor,
I, Ebenezer Fullam of Ludlow in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged seventy years, depose and say, that I was born in Fitchburgh, Massachusetts in the year 1767, and continued to reside in said town of Fitchburgh until I arrived to the age of thirty years. From my earliest recollection I was acquainted with Samuel Downe who formerly resided in said Fitchburgh, and with Eunice Downe, then the wife, and now the Widow of the said Samuel, who has subscribed the foregoing Declaration. I have frequently heard the said Samuel and my Father, Timothy Fullam, speak of being "minute men" in the year 1775, and of being called out and going together to Cambridge Mass. immediately after the battles at Concord and Lexington in April, 1775, and that my said Father soon returned, from whom I understood, that the said Samuel Downe enlisted into the eight months service. I further say that during the last forty years, I have resided in said county of Windsor, that is to say, about eight years in the town of Cavendish, and about thirty two years in said town of Ludlow. During the whole of this time, and during all the time I was acquainted with said Samuel & Eunice in said Fitchburgh, they lived together up to the time of the death of the said Samuel, about seven or eight years ago,

as husband and wife, and I have never heard their marriage questioned by any one. Since the death of the said Samuel which took place at Cavendish, as aforesaid, the said Eunice has continued the Widow of the said Samuel, and is now sole and unmarried. I have heard my Father and Mother say that the said Samuel and Eunice were married before the commencement of the War of the Revolution; that they were present at their Wedding. I further say that my Father and Mother are both dead. I further say, that the said Samuel Downe has been generally reputed to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and I have no doubt of that fact.
Ebenezer Fullam
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Ebenezer Fullam on this thirteenth day of September, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
Before me
Thomas F. HAMMOND, Judge of Probate for said District of Windsor.
I Susannah Dudley, of Mount Holly, in the county of Rutland and state of Vermont, aged seventy two years the 9 th day of February A.D. 1837, depose and say, that the said Eunice Downe, who has subscribed the foregoing Declaration, is my sister - that the said Eunice and myself are the daughters of Moses Winworth formerly of Groton, Massachusetts, that the said Eunice was married to Samuel Coline spoken of in the foregoing Declaration and affidavit when I was a little girl - I do not recollect of being at the wedding of the said Samuel & Eunice, but I remember of their coming to my father's not a great while after their marriage, and I know that my father and mother always treated them as husband and wife - and so did all our family, and all their acquaintances as far as my knowledge extends - and I know that the said Samuel & Eunice have always lived together as husband & wife until the death of the said Samuel which took place at Cavendish, Windsor County, Vt. in January A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty, where the said Samuel & Eunice had lived for long time - I should think about twenty years - their neighbors have always treated and esteemed them as living in the married relation - and no one to my knowledge has ever intimated or entertained a doubt of their being legally married - I have always understood that they were married by the Rev. John Payson, who was then and for a long time before and after their said marriage, the settled minister of Fitchburg, Mass. where the said Samuel and Eunice were married; and for a long time resided. I further say, that the said Eunice has ever remained a widow since the death of her said husband, the said Samuel Downe, and that she is still sole and unmarried. I further more depose & say, that I understood from my family and others that the said Samuel Downe did serve as a Soldier in the Revolutionary war, and that his marriage with the said Eunice took place before he went into the war - I went to live in the said Samuel's family at Fitchburg some, perhaps a half dozen years after he came out of the service, and he used to tell me about his being in the war, and I used to hear others speak of his being a Soldier, I have also heard him talk on the subject since he has lived in Cavendish - I have frequently heard him say that he was at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and at the taking of Burgoyne, and at the Battle of Stillwater - I have also heard him speak of his being stationed at Crown-point, and of his suffering severely from hunger in going from No 4 (now Charlestown) New Hampshire, to Crown-point - I do not recollect that I ever heard him say how long he served at different times - if I did, I have forgotten, so that I cannot state - but according to my best recollection of what I have heard

him say, I do not doubt but that he served in the war of the Revolution in all (for he was out at different times) as much as two years - but as to this, although I speak without any doubt in my own mind, I have not at this time the means of calculating with certainty.
her Susannah X Dudley
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Susannah Dudley on this thirteenth day of September, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. Before me
Thomas H. Hammond, Judge of Probate for said District of Windsor.
I, Thomas Downe, of Cavendish, in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont aged sixty five years the sixteenth day of May A.D. 1837, depose and say, that I am the eldest child of Samuel Downe & Eunice Downe, whose names are mentioned in the foregoing Declaration subscribed and sworn to by the said Eunice - I have always been told by said parents, the said Samuel and Eunice, that I was born in Fitchburgh, Massachusetts, May 16th A.D. 1772, where my parents then, as well as before and after that time resided - Since my earliest recollection I have heard my Father tell about his being out in the Revolutionary War - he said he was hewing timber in the woods when the alarm was given, and he left his axe beside the log he was hewing, went to his house, got his gun and equipments, and repaired with the company of minute men to which he belonged, to the middle of the town of Fitchburgh, where they assembled from there he and the rest of the company went to Lexington and Cambridge to oppose the British - this was at the time of Concord & Lexington fight as I understood my Father - soon after he was called out as aforesaid he enlisted for eight months, as he said, and served that term out - he was at Cambridge and thereabouts - was at the Battle of Bunker Hill - I have often heard him tell of being engaged in that battle and dwell upon the bloody scenes of that day - he has told me too, about being at the taking of Burgoyne - and about his being at Ticonderoga and Crown-point - and about his travelling from Crown-point to Nott (Champlain) New Hampshire - I think he said the soldiers took only six days journey with them when they left Crown-point and they were nine days getting to Nott - were several days without provisions, excepting what they could get by the way - and that they suffered dreadfully from hunger - I do not recollect how long my Father said he was out excepting the first time, which was eight months - but I know he gave account of being out a good deal more than this - he used to have a large powder horn, which he said he brought home from the war - I have no recollection of seeing any papers relating to my father's service in the Revolutionary war, though I have heard my mother say, that she thought my father once had some - since his death, which happened on the eighth day of January A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty, I have searched among his papers, but have found none that concerned his service as a soldier - my father resided in Cavendish for about twenty years before his death, before which he had resided in Reading, in Windsor County, Vermont - he lived in several towns in Vermont after he moved from Fitchburgh before he settled at Cavendish. I further depose and say, that my mother the said Eunice Downe now resides at said Cavendish - that she
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In witness whereof, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and the seal of the said District of Windsor, this 16th day of May, 1837.
Declaration

as husband and wife, and I have never heard their marriage questioned by any one. Since the death of the said Samuel which took place at Cavendish as aforesaid at said time, Eunice Downe has remained a widow since the death of her husband the said Samuel Downe as aforesaid, and that she is now sole and unmarried.
Thomas Downe
Sworn to and subscribed by the said Thomas Downe, on this thirteenth day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. Before me, Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate for said District of Windsor
State of Vermont, District (and County) of Windsor. ss.
I hereby Certify, that Eunice Downe, who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing Declaration, and Eliphalet Kimball, Ebenezer Tullam, Susannah Dudley and Thomas Downe, who have respectively sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavits, are each of them persons of truth and veracity, and that the foregoing statements by them severally made and sworn to are entitled to full credit and belief.
Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of Probate for the District of Windsor,
State of Vermont, District & County of Windsor, ss.
I, Salmon J. Dutton, Register of the Probate Court for the District of Windsor aforesaid, hereby Certify, that Thomas F. Hammond, before whom the foregoing Declaration of Eunice Downe, and the foregoing Affidavits of Eliphalet Kimball, Ebenezer Tullam, Susannah Dudley and Thomas Downe, were respectively sworn to and subscribed, and who has signed the foregoing certificate of the said Declarant and Affiants Credibility, is Judge of the Probate Court within and for said District (& County) of Windsor in the State of Vermont, which Probate Court is a court of Record; and that the foregoing Signature annexed to the respective Certificates of the oaths of the said Declarant and Affiants and to the Certificate of their Credibility, purporting to be the signature of him the said Thomas F. Hammond is his own proper and genuine signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Probate Court, and subscribed my name, at Cavendish, in the District of Windsor aforesaid, this thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
Salmon J. Dutton, Register of said Probate Court.

Hitchburg September 27. 1844
To J. L. Edwards Esq
Sir In answer
To your request of the 18 th inst I have the pleasure to state that I find in the Town Records of this Town the following evidence of the Marriage of persons mentioned in your letter - viz
"Hitchburg May 31. 1770. This day Mr Samuel Dowd of Hitchburg made application to me to be published to Mrs Eunice Wintworth of Groton
* Thos Bowdoin Town Clerk."
(* I presume this should be Groton)
Also the following "Samuel Dowd & Eunice Wintworth were married by Mr John Payson January 11. 1771. Thos Bowdoin Town Clerk."
Also the following "Thomas Dowd first son of Samuel Dowd & Eunice his wife Born at Hitchburg May the 16. 1772. Thos Bowdoin Town Clerk."
The above is a true copy of Record Attest J. A. Marshall Town Clerk of Hitchburg Mass.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES,
made by the Daughter of the party who rendered the service.
State of Ohio County of Cuyahoga  Town of  Cty Ohio city
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Samuel Downe in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Fitchburg * in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts
He enlisted from the Town of Fitchburg in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts in the year 17 as a in the Company commanded by Captain
Regiment
and he served as follows, * viz:—
From the time of enlistment until the close of the war - was in the Battle of Bunker Hill 17 a June 1776 - and during his service acted in the capacity of Captain - The length of time served as an officer not remembered - might possibly have enlisted as a as a private
Samuel Downe married Eunice Wentworth at Fitchburg January 1 st 1771. He died at Cavendish Vermont 8 th January 1830. Eunice Lydia Downes was his widow, and died sometime since the year 1836.
Betsey Kimball is the daughter of Samuel Downe, and claims the pension.
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.
* Samuel Downe's Father resided in Boston Mass - and thinks Samuel Downe may have been born in Boston Mass -

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I am now 67 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this Twenty Seventh day of August A. D. 184 7 .
Signed by said in my presence,
Betsy Kimball
Horner Strong JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
her Betsy X Kimball mark
Subd to J. P. Pitman 16 Court St

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Rev
File No. 17727
Eunice Dorne Widow of Samuel Dorne Priv. Rev. War
Act: July 4 th 1836
Index: Vol. 14 , Page 189
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Boston Nov 17 1847
Dear Sir
I enclose you the petition of Batsey Kimball, Daughter of Samuel Dimes, for a pension, accompanied with a statement of all the facts which I have been able to ascertain in relation to the matter.
I know not what course it is usual or necessary to pursue, in the premises, but, if she is entitled to a pension, may I ask the favor that you will notify me of the fact, as also, of the course it is necessary for me to take in her behalf.
As I understand the matter, no pension has ever been paid to him, or any of his family.
Very Resp
John' Phelps Putnam 16 Court St Boston.
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington. D.C.

Vermont
Oct 4 July 1836
Eunice Downe (susp.)
See letter to Hon. H. Everett Oct 20 1837

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 4 July 1836, Eunice Downe, deceased, who was the widow of Samuel Downe, who was a private in the Rev y . War, was entitled to a pension at the rate of $26.66 per annum, commencing on the 4 March, 1831, and ending on the 29 November 1841, the day of her death; which will be paid upon the production of the proper vouchers to Joseph Adams the administrator of Thomas Downe, deceased, who was the only surviving child of the said Eunice Downe, deceased.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this — 11 — day of October — one thousand eight hundred and forty= four
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

To Eunice Donnel do wid of Samuel Nap act 4 May 1836

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
November 16 1847.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Samuel Downes is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt Ebenezer Dridge's Company, in Col John Whitcomb's Regt, that marched from Fitchburgh to Cambridge on an alarm April 19 1775, as a private 6 days. — Upon a Muster Roll of Capt John Fuller's Company, in Col Isa Whitcomb's regt in the Eight Months Service, as a private of Fitchburgh from April 25 to August 11 1775, 3 Months and 6 days. — Upon a Return of said Company in said regt as a private of Fitchburgh no service named. Said Return is dated "Octo-ber 6 1775." Upon a Pay Roll of Officers and Men belonging to the State Ship Fregat, John Cathcart Esq Commander, as Actg Midshipman from July 22 to November 20 1778, 3 Months & 29 days. — Signed to an Order on Treasurer for payment of Three pounds and Eight pence for Service

on board the Ship Tartar This order is dated "Boston January 11/82."
Name Not Found as Captain
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Wm. Tufts. Dept. Secretary of the Commonwealth.

2710
Eunice Dorr acd Mam of Samuel D
act 4 July 1836.
adm? 8 mo / inate 266 per annu
275
10-8. 250
Commencing on 4 March 1831 and terminating on 29 Nov. 1841 payable to Joseph Adams administrator of Thomas Dorr, who was the only sur- viving child of Eunice Dorr
266.60 13.33 2.75 282.68
Samuel F. Dutton Cavendish Windsor Co Vermont.

State of Vermont, } On this 18 th day of April, 1844, personally ap- District of Windsor, ss, } peared before the Probate Court in and for the district of Windsor aforesaid, Joseph Ad- ams of Cavendish in said district, and made solemn oath, that he he has been duly appointed Administrator of the estate of Thomas Downe, late of said Cavendish, deceased, intestate; that, according to his best knowledge and belief, the said Thomas Downe died on the 17 th day of February, 1844; that he was the son of Eunice Downe, late of said Cavendish, deceased; that the said Eunice Downe died on the 29 th day of November, 1841; that prior to her death, she made her Decla- ration for a pension, under the Act of July 4. 1836, the benefit of which Act, she claims on account of the revolutionary services of her late husband, Samuel Downe, who, as he believes, died at said Cavendish, in the year, 1830; that prior to the death of the said Thomas Downe, he the said Thomas made his application to the Secre- tary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his Office, of the Revolutionary services of the said Samuel Downe; that the said Eunice Downe did not again intermarry, but continued, to the day of her death, the widow of the said Samuel Downe; and that he now claims the amount due on said pension, for the benefit of the estate of the said Thomas Downe. Joseph Adams
Sworn and subscribed this 18 th day of April, 1844.
Before me, Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of s d Probate Court. And I hereby certify that the s d Joseph Adams in a person of truth & veracity. Thomas F. Hammond, Judge.
State of Vermont, } I, Thomas F. Hammond, Judge of the Probate District of Windsor ss. } Court in and for said district of Windsor, do that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, hereby certify, that Samuel Downe, above named, died on the 8 th day of January, A.D. 1830; that his widow, the above named Eunice Downe, died at Cavendish in s d district, in the year, eighteen hundred and fortyone, on the twenty ninth day of Nov- ember; and that the said Thomas Downe, whose name appears to his application to the Secretary of State of Mass ts dated January 24 th A.D. 1844, herewith inclosed, has since died; and that the said Thomas Downe was the only surviving child of the said Samuel & Eunice, known to be living at the decease of the said Eunice. And I further certify,

That Joseph Adams, who has sworn to and subscribed the within affidavit, has been duly appointed Administrator of the goods, chattels, rights, credits, and estate of the said Thomas Downe, and is now acting in that Capacity.
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Probate Court, and subscribed my name at Cavendish in said district, this 18 th day of April, A.D. 1844. The words, "that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court," being interlined in this certificate, before signing.
THOMAS F. HAMMOND, Judge.
State of Vermont, } I, Salmon F. Dutton, Register of the Probate Court District of Windsor, ss. } in and for said district of Windsor, do hereby Certify, that that Thomas F. Hammond, before
whom the within Affidavit of Joseph Adams, was sworn to and subscribed, is Judge of said Probate Court, which Probate Court is a court of Record; and that his signature attached to the above and foregoing certificates, purporting to be the signature of him the said Thomas F. Hammond, is his own proper and genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name at Cavendish in said district, this eighteenth day of April, in the year, one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
SALMON F. DUTTON, Register -
N.B. Any communication on the subject of the within & foregoing, may be made to the subscriber, at Cavendish. Windsor Co. Vt. SALMON F. DUTTON.

State of Vermont, Cavendish January 24 th 1844. County of Windsor }
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his Office, of the Revolutionary Services of my late Father, Samuel Downe, who, in the time of the War of the Revolution, was a resident of Ft. of Albany Pittsborough in the county of Worcester and state of Massachusetts, and as he has reason to believe served as a Private eight months in 1775, and was in the Lexington and Bunker Hill Battles; that he did more or less service during every year afterwards during the continuance of the War, but he cannot tell the names of any of his Officers, except that in 1775 he may have served under Capt. Shurvell or Shurlock, and on one other occasion, under Capt. Wood of Limerick, Mass s but whether in the Militia or in the Continental Army he cannot tell; nor can he tell the particular periods or places of his service, except, that he has reason to believe, his said Father was at the taking of Burgoyne in 1777, and on an other occasion, did some service at Ticonderoga and Crown Point. The said Samuel Downe died Jan. 8 th 1830. He was married to Eunice Downe Jan. 1 st 1771. Said Eunice Downe died Nov. 29 th 1841, aged nearly 91 years. The applicant is their oldest Child and the only one that survived the said Eunice, and is now 72 years of age. I have empowered Homer H. Hammond, Esq. of Reading in said County to act in the premises as my attorney. Witness my hand this 24 th day of January, 1844.
Signed in my presence
his Thomas his Downe mark
Thomas H. Hammond, Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Feb. 21. 1814.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Samuel Downe of Fitchburg is found upon the Eight months rolls, of Capt. John Fuller Aug. 1. 1775. for 3 months 15 days. In from the returns in October & Coast rolls in December 1775.
There are no further services of said Sam d Downe that appear in this office & there is no other of the same name in the Eight months service.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Peasey;
Secretary of the Commonwealth.